Coin receiving and depositing means



T. BUEL COIN RECEIVING AND DEPOSITING MEANS Feb. 3, 1925. 1 25,11 m

Filed Feb. 16. 1924' IN II/I'ENTOR /0 Tab/"04$ 50:1

A TTORNE Y Patented Feb. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS BUEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COIN- RECEIVING AND DEPOSITING MEANS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .THOMAS BUEL, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in CoinReceii'ing and Depositing Means, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to coin receiving and depositing means for use incoin actuated machines and otherwise. Heretofore, metal slugs, etc.,have. been inserted in coin receiving slots of coin actuated machinesand used fraudulently for actuating the machine.

It is the object of this invention to stop or substantially hinder suchfraudulent operation of said class of machines and also to produce coinreceiving and depositing means that may be useful in other connections,for example, in portable, coin savings banks: in coin actuated turnstiles, etc., etc.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and illustrating theprinciple of this invention in the best mode now known to me of applyingthat principle,

Fig. 1 is a top plan View and Fig. 2 a vertical, central section at line2-2 of Fig.

1 of one form of my new coin receiving and depositing means. I

In that form of the invention now illustrated, 1 is an upstanding, coinreceiving, guiding member formed with a vertical, coin receiving slot 2in its upper, front portion 3. The upper edge of member 1, rearwardly ofportion 3, has a downwardly and rearwardly curved edge which forms aguide track 4 for a coin X rolling edgewise down the track after leavingthe coin receiving slot 2. The bottom wall of the slot is flush with theupper, front end portion of the track. The latter is wider than the coinreceiving slot and its opposed, long corners are severally outwards of avertical plane coincident with an inner, flat, vertical wall of the coinreceiving slot. Said slot is dimensioned in width and hei ht to receivea correspondingly dimensioned coin X requisite for operating a machinecontaining the 50 present invention; or for any other purpose.Preferably, but not necessarily, the coin track 4, which is madetransversely flat and also smooth, forms the bottom of a trough theupstanding, lengthwise extending, parallel side flanges of which areindicated by 5. In some cases such flanges, conjecturally, may bedesirable.

Rearwardly of the rearward mouth of the coin receiving slot andtherefrom extending coin track and spacedly apart from the rear ordischarge end of the track, and preferably in transverse relation tosuch trackfor some distance laterally of its sides, an upstanding bafiieplate '6 is mounted. This baffle plate is formed with a vertical,elongated, coin passage 7 that is somewhat wider and higher than thethickness and diameter of the coin. This coin passage isopposed to therear end of the coin track and its under end wall is located somedistance lower down than the under end of the track. Thus, there is agap of substantial extent between the rear end of the track from whichthe coin escapes and the coin passage through the b aflle plate. Theupper end of the coin passage should be no higher than is required forcertainty of operation. The vertical edges or walls of the coin passageare severally outwards of the path of the coin along the middle of thetrack and rearw ardly and downwardly across the gap and through the coinpassage. A coin of selected size on being thrust edgewise through andbetween the vertical and parallel side walls of the coin receiving slot.rolls edgewise rearwardly and downwardly on the track along the middlethereof and gaining momentum travels through the gap gravita-tinglydownwards and directly through the coin passage, falling into a coinreceiver 8 which may or may not be a part of a coin actuating machine.

This apparatus, as described, operates with certainty on coinsdimensioned and of a weight suitable for use in it. Member 1, containingthe coin receiving and coin track, is shown as a thin, upstanding plateat right angles to the bafiie plate containing the coin passage andwhich may be called the coin passage guard.

When badly made, unsymmetrical slugs S are pushed through the coinreceiving slot, it is found that due to loss of balance or irregularityof peripheral contour, they do not run straight to the coin passage, butrun or fall off the track or against the b afiie plate and drop into a.space 9 in front of the bafile plate. If strips of folded paper,

for example, are thrust through the coin receiving slot and downwardly,usually due to their flexibility, they bend laterally and bring upagainst the bafiie plate.

As shown, the baiile plate and member 1 are mounted upright on a base10. 0b viously, this invention may be embodied and is intended to beembodied in many different forms. e

As shown, receiver 8 is a separate part and is assumed to be moved bythe weight of a deposited coin for doing work, as in various kinds ofcoin actuated apparatus too numerous to mention, but readily understoodby all skilled in the art. But, for example, part 8 might be a drawer ina savings bank for children; etc., etc. While space 9 is shown in opentop box form, that is a mere detail of illustration WllOllY unimportantas regards the invention.

What I claim is:

The combination of a member provided with a vertical, coin receivingslot; a downwardly and rearwardly extending coin track extendin from thelower, rear end of the coin receiving slot; a transverse coin passageguard plate having a'coin passage opposed to and spaced apart from therear end of,

the coin track; and back of the coin passage, a coin receiver; the underend of the passage being at a lower level than the coin escape end ofthe track; and said track and spaced apart coin passage being shaped anddimensioned to permit a coin inserted in and through the coin receivingslot to roll down the track and to travel unsupportedly downwardly fromthe track through the gap and through said coin passage into the coinreceiver.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis day of A. D. 1924.

THOMAS BUEL.

